So as most of you know my DIY business ethic spills over into practically every area of my life, including my clothes. Here’s a shirt I made, I love it! It is very comfortable and cool and was easy to make. It was inspired by a shirt I saw on my favorite website, Nappturality.com

My shirt, front pic:

It took me about a week working on it off and on in 15 minute bursts. In total I’d say about 2 hours. I decided to forego the neck strap and added a horizontal panel between the top and bottom. All I need to do now is wash it and iron it! The materials:

I had this purple swatch of fabric that was originally a matching head wrap for this dress my mom got for my daughter about 8, 9 years ago. It got a big rip in it. I kept it because it’s so pretty and I’d knew I could use it for something:

This is it coming together. The yellow fabric is from a sweat shirt I got when I was working sorting boxes at UPS, it got heavily stained on the arms and bottom. The light blue fabric is from an old suit jacket I had that got a big rip down the back. The blue fabric is from a pair of pants from when my youngest was a baby. The back of one leg got a big bleach splash so I kept it to make something out of it. The white fabric is from an old sweater that got a hole in it. The white fabric is from an old sweater that got a hole in it. The back ties/sashes are from some material I had left over from a head wrap I made.

This was a button-up sweater that I had for years that I just got tired of. I cut out the back and front to use for one of my quilts. This is what was left, and I kept it intending to use the buttons for something. Glad I didnt cut them off because I was able to use the front panel for my shirt!

Shirt all laid out, ready to sew:

First I sewed the long panels together then set that piece aside. then I sewed the button panel to the yellow fabric. Then I sewed the long panels to the button/yellow fabric. Then I sewed the top part of the yellow fabric down in blue and purple thread. Oh yeah I sewed all by hand. My seams are way crooked, but I like the way it looks:

Side view:

Back view, on the back I may sew down the ties, make them look neater. On the next shirt like this I do I’ll work on making the top panel lie a little flatter in the back:

But since I mostly wear my hair down you can’t even see the back, just the lower ties/bows hanging down. My daughter being silly while Brian tries to take a back pic. Check out her hair! This is usually how she wears her mohawk, either out or in a puff or in cornrows:

Back pic with hair down:

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